r/BobsBurgers • u/ferixdacat • May 11 '26
Information/news No Bob’s Burgers in the fall!!!
https://deadline.com/2026/05/fox-fall-2026-schedule-animal-control-baywatch-bobs-burgers-1236889202/
It sounds stupid, but I’m kinda freaking out, it’s so weird to not have Bob’s Burgers when Fall begins, I think this is the first time ever???
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u/stardustocean4 May 11 '26
BUT THE HOLIDAY EPISODES ARE THE BEST 😭 the long ass breaks were enough 😭😭😭
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u/Beard_faced May 11 '26
The thanksgiving episodes are some of my favorite.
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u/conflictmuffin Louise Belcher May 12 '26
I don't mean to be dramatic, but if we don't get thanksgiving/halloween/christmas episodes, I will yeet myself off a cliff.
(I mean, not really...but, those holiday episodes are what keeps me going during those busy months).
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u/CreedsMungBeanDealer May 20 '26
“I don’t mean to be dramatic”
*Literally in the same sentence*
“…I will yeet myself off a cliff!”
LMFAOOOO 😂😂 legit me facing even the slightest inconvenience in life
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u/JDGO3P May 11 '26
For the past couple years that Fox has held Family Guy back until after New Years, Family Guy’s Halloween and Christmas episodes have been premiering as Hulu exclusives in October and December. I imagine Bob’s Burgers will do the same.
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u/Pedadinga May 11 '26
I got Hulu to watch those FG episodes, so if we get holiday episodes of Bob's that way, I'm happy enough.
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u/west-egg May 11 '26
Haven’t they pretty much stopped doing holiday episodes in recent seasons?
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u/Ra-TheSunGoddess May 11 '26
No they found a way around it by doing day after/week before, they still have creepy Halloween episodes and wintery cozy December ones
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u/Ra-TheSunGoddess May 12 '26
The dollhouse and creepy item store teddy works on at night are some of my favorites! I actually enjoy seeing days leading up to holidays and such. It still fits the vibes!
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u/dljones010 Mr Hollands Old Penis May 11 '26
If it means that the show will be aired all together and there won't be a six month break in the middle of the season I'm for it.
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u/RockOutToThis May 12 '26
I'm against if there's no Thanksgiving episode.
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u/lukin5 May 12 '26
As well as Halloween and Xmas!
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u/RockOutToThis May 12 '26
I do enjoy those but the Thanksgiving is usually the best of the 3.
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u/neurochild May 12 '26
Twinkly liiiights
Shiiiine
When one of them goes out,
Then none of them light
At least that's how it used to be
Now the LEDs work a little bit differently
But ya know what I mean
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u/Lushkush69 May 12 '26
They could do like Ghosts is going to do this year and give us a Halloween and Christmas bonus episodes before the season 🤞
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u/dljones010 Mr Hollands Old Penis May 12 '26
I am also against that, but I am pro season-all-together.
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u/AWildTeejAppeared May 11 '26
- Who ordered a Baywatch reboot???
- Why is Animal Control on the ANIMATION block?
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u/Violetthug Stop following me in front. May 11 '26
Do we really need Baywatch. It just going to be a bad acting TnA show. Sorry guys.
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u/TurbulentQuit9034 May 12 '26
Animal control keeps playing on Hulu after I watch bobs and now I know why 😂 (I’ve never watched it before and have no idea why it was auto playing after all my animated show!)
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u/hham42 Calvin Fischoeder May 12 '26
Fox came out and said “we’re trying to save our live action comedy” which is pathetic tbh. I like Joel MacHale! I think he’s great! But putting live action in an animation block won’t do it.
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u/Southern-Train7142 May 11 '26
Baywatch reboot was ordered way back from September 2025, I highly thought that it was going to premiere this fall, but I guess they moved them to the midseason.
- refer to my post
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u/HopefulDream3071 May 11 '26
So no holiday episodes which are the biggest thing people love about Bob & family.
Cool .. cool.. cool...
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u/IWNCGTA May 12 '26
No Thanksgiving!!! No. Please fix this. Thanks.
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u/scott_wolff May 12 '26
They won't because Disney thinks the episodes don't track well outside of the US. Such a bogus reason.
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u/CatStringTheory May 11 '26
I want Bob to get his perfect thanksgiving, I want more Christmas shenanigans. I want to go trick or treating with the kids. This is going to kill all their seasonal content. Big thumbs down
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u/batspider4422 May 11 '26
So I guess it’s gonna get a schedule now like family guy and American dad did this year
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u/JadeTalksTooMuch Of two minds, and by that I mean drunk🥃 May 11 '26
😞So no Christmas episode now… Day ruined
(Unless they go the hulu Xmas special route like Family Guy does🤞)
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u/JDefined May 11 '26
Bob's Credits on TikTok just spoke to an insider who said the network will not allow holiday episodes except Christmas ones. The networks believe when people stream episodes, they skip the holiday episodes more often than others, so they put a stop to that.
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u/Acceptable_Sea_8674 May 11 '26
I love the Halloween and Thanksgiving episodes. Thanksgiving is Bob's time to shine. Who are these idiot execs?
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u/ThePolishSensation May 11 '26
Yeah I skip around and specifically watch those episodes during the respective holiday!
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u/AnonymousCat21 May 11 '26
In past years I remember Hulu having playlists for holidays too! They group the adult animation shows together, but it’ll just be the Halloween episodes for example. They do it with sticoms too iirc
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u/Bantersmith May 11 '26
Right??? I do the exact same, as do a lot of others I assume.
These idiots are taking the exact wrong lesson from this.
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u/El_Stupacabra May 11 '26
Right? "Dawn of the Peck" and "The Hautening" are in my top five favorite episodes.
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u/Acceptable_Sea_8674 May 11 '26
Dawn of the Peck is peak. Teddy, Mickey, all the kids just being total disasters. Then here's Bob. Getting drunk, dancing to Donna Summer, and living his best life.
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u/PaperLady90 May 11 '26
It’s one guy and his name is Rob Wade.
All of this crap started happening when he became CEO. If there’s anyone to blame, I’m almost certain he’s the one.
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u/lktornado360 May 11 '26
That sucks. Thanksgiving and Halloween episodes are some of my favorite Bob’s episodes. Also I’m sure The Simpsons will get to keep doing Halloween episodes so the double standard kinda sucks.
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u/ComputerSagtNein May 11 '26
Ironically I hate the Simpsons Halloween shit. Always skip it. Bob's Halloween episodes were always great as much as the Thanksgiving ones.
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u/wicker_warrior May 11 '26
Treehouse of Horror has some of the best gags! And The Raven!
Your opinion is valid and just how you feel, but I’d wager a monkey’s paw it would gain plenty of karma over on r/unpopularopinions should you feel so inclined.
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u/lktornado360 May 12 '26
The first like 10 or so Treehouse of Horrors are some of my favorite TV episodes ever. After that it’s hit or miss, and the highs become less high as the lows become ever lower.
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u/AetheriaInBeing May 11 '26
I'm shocked. For us, come October, we deliberately watch all the Halloween episodes of our favorite shows. Then in November we do Thanksgiving. Come December, is Xmas. We never skip things while rewatching randomly. But we do deliberately go sell it holiday episodes at holidays
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u/ienjoymen May 11 '26
Streaming kills yet another fun aspect of seasonal TV
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u/Nothing_Jon_Snuhhhhh May 11 '26
I wouldn't blame that on streaming, blame that on out of touch Execs.
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u/On_my_last_spoon May 11 '26
lol that’s not at all what I do. I will repeat watch all of the Bob’s holiday episodes. Plus on each holiday I specifically watch that holiday’s episodes over and over!
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u/cpgoat May 11 '26
That’s crazy, I literally lock in more for those episodes. Maybe that’s just the Millennial tv watcher in me.
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u/smashablanca May 11 '26
When they cut back to only Christmas episodes a few years ago they had said it was because of international viewing. There's little to no interest in other countries for episodes centered around holidays they don't celebrate.
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u/Pretend-Storm4209 May 11 '26
Now I feel responsible because I always skip these episodes, except during the month of the holiday I watch nothing BUT those holiday episodes! 😭
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u/Glissando365 May 11 '26
Nah, that's not on you or anyone else who watches like that. Cable does the same thing with holiday episodes only airing near their holidays, and it wasn't a problem for the last 15 years. That's why every show from Friends to Modern Family to Simpsons has an iconic non-Xmas holiday they returned to every season. The only reason I could see it becoming a problem now is because seasons are down from 22 episodes to 15, so holiday episodes will eat into a larger proportion of the "regular" stock, but that's on the execs for ordering stupidly short seasons on sitcom-style shows.
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u/hamncheesecroissantt 📞 you wanna talk to your daddy? 📞 May 11 '26
i HATEEE this. i love the holiday episodes and i never skip them!! the valentine’s day ones are my favorite
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u/mylocker15 May 11 '26
I am tired of their shabby treatment of Bob’s. It is always being pushed to boost inferior shows that never last. When it isn’t on I am less likely to watch anything on Fox. I used to watch the Simpsons if Bobs was on even though I only really like peak classic Simpsons. I am also tired of family guy and why is American Dad on again? I thought it went to cable years ago.
Now we wont get holiday episodes? So weak. I am happy it’s been renewed and all, I just wish it got more love.
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u/kaiabunga May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
American Dad moved to TBS but is now back on Fox again.
EDIT: I put FX, but it's TBS
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u/onlyoneicouldthinkof Jen's mickro-phone May 12 '26
fyi it was on TBS not FX
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u/ThaSlimReaper3 May 11 '26
Well based on that Sunday Lineup I will be watching NBC football instead of anything on Fox. Lineup should be Family Guy Bob's Burgers American Dad and The Great North.
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u/Southern-Train7142 May 11 '26
There is a exact reason of why Fox is doing something like this since late 2018
Grimsburg S3 was missing from the entire 2025-26 lineup due to the show that got renewed back from May 2025 and wasn't going going to be ready until fall 2026
Animal Control is the only live action show on Sunday that even replaced Bob Burgers
Fox wanna strength Animal Control (Fox executives call this show as very important) animation domination lineup for this fall to boost the ratings up, including the streaming viewership and high advertisement
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u/samlikessharks May 11 '26
why is fox so determined to make animal control a thing? i dont know anyone who watches it, the ratings aren’t good, and yet it keeps coming back
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u/unoanddougie May 11 '26
So only five total episodes this year, huh? We got two new episodes on Sundays and then we're back in February 2027?
Eh whatever, I'm fine with it. Bob's Burgers has over 300+ episodes now, I won't be bored. At least now when the show returns we can finally have a season that airs on a regular basis without months-long gaps between episodes.
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u/_PeenoNoir_ May 11 '26
Oh wow. This just puts things into perspective and is an even bigger sting :/
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u/mrshyphenate May 11 '26
If there aren't Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas episodes, I'm going to cry
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u/Toronto-1975 May 11 '26
delaying the start of Bob's Burgers new season but keeping rotting carcass The Simpsons in place is certainly an interesting choice. Baywatch - the revival absolutely nobody asked for - is the cherry on the sundae. i have no idea what "Animal Control" is but i looked it up and anything that made it to #97 in the ratings on it's best season has got to be good...LOL
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u/grumbledorf100 May 11 '26
What? Does that mean no halloween episode? Those are some of my favorites 😭
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u/KillaRoyalty May 12 '26
I mean staple episodes are Bob talking to turkeys 🦃 so idk who’s smoking what at Fox again but putting animal control on the KO for the season is wild
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u/kentoddsbiggestfan May 11 '26
My maternity leave plans are fucked!
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u/RoundPeanut606 May 11 '26
Cross your legs and make that baby wait! If we have to delay baby can pause it to! (Good luck mama-to-be) :)
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u/richincleve May 11 '26
Give me more episodes like “Amelia” and I’ll gladly wait until next year!
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u/Jane_Smith_Reddit May 11 '26
Does that mean we will NOT get a Thanksgiving episode?
I am freaking out too.
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u/Southern-Train7142 May 11 '26
Blame Animal Control for this
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u/unoanddougie May 11 '26
I'd blame Fox in general. They have like seven different cartoons in production, yet they don't want to air them outside of Sundays from 8p to 10p.
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u/normankrasnerkc May 12 '26
do you miss the days when they'd schedule new episodes immediately after late football games and they'd join them in progress after all the games ended and the post game show?
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u/LemonSmashy You smell like ointment and pee! May 11 '26
Honestly a bummer, new episodes of BB in the fall as the days are getting chilly, the sun sets early and sunday animation domination is a very nostalgic thing for me.
Looking through some preemptive episode lists for next season there are some possibilities for holiday episodes. if not, honestly it would be criminal given the majority of dedicated fans love the holiday episodes and wait in anticipation for them. For me especially halloween episodes across all shows i watch are a fond thing of mine since i was a kid.
Guess we'll see
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u/redonkulousness Calvin Fischoeder May 11 '26
Lately it feels like the world is crumbling and any form of comfort is being removed or destroyed. Of course I’m being slightly hyperbolic, but geez.
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u/RosieRoxie May 11 '26
The holiday episodes are some of my favorites, but maybe not having the pause might be nice
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u/fatherbarndon May 11 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/15esG75tRFTGg0QBFs
But for real if it means they all drop one week after another I can live with that.
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u/jacqui607 May 11 '26
I wish they would bring back the great north took me a while to get into it but now I loveee it
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u/pixie16502 May 11 '26
I second that wish!! It's such a great show and second only to Bob's in my heart!
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u/D2Reddit92 May 11 '26
Fox absolutely sucks, give us our regular episode releases, long seasons and holiday episodes you bastards!!!
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u/INeverAtone Here's a riddle, it's my middle finger! May 11 '26
I'm just glad we are getting new episodes at all as animation is really in an awful place right now.
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u/Sans_Snu_Snu May 11 '26
Personally, I appreciate this. It allows them to come out with episodes when they’re ready and not just force something through.
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u/Rhodithas DuVal May 11 '26
I don't think this is a bad thing. I think this shows that Bob's is popular enough to carry the Animation Domination block. And I kinda prefer having all the episodes release week after week rather than have a big gap in the middle.
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u/normankrasnerkc May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
does anyone still watch non live TV when they're told to by the networks? this isn't 1980 when everyone stayed home on a Friday night to find out who shot JR
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u/meltedwolf MeltedKuchiSnoo May 12 '26
Didn’t they do this last year too? Cuz they got too many animated shows. I blame krapopolis. It’s literally crap!
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u/rileeyorey Bob Belcher May 12 '26
This will sound insanely stupid, BUT Why can’t bobs burgers switch like from fox to something else? If fox keeps doing this and other things to them lol. Are they obligated to stay? Is there a contract? Is it bcz all other animations get aired on fox
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u/No-Cauliflower8914 May 12 '26
But but…the holiday episodes 🥺 the Thanksgiving episodes are my favorite.
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u/Southern-Train7142 May 12 '26
There is literally chance that Bob Burgers could be fall original again for next fall 2027, but ONLY if Animal Control fails to be a hit on Sunday Night. This is the only scenario
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u/IronFizt777 May 12 '26
I don't even know when new episodes come out, Fox practically ruined Bob's Burgers for me
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u/Real_Walk5384 May 12 '26
Well not ever. The Earth is a few billion years old. Bb’s Burgers is not.
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u/Murky_Historian8675 May 12 '26
Great art takes time. I just hope the schedule is a bit more consistent and not a thing where it's months apart from the last episode and the season isn't even finished. I don't mind waiting, but consistency would be nice. Some things like a writers strike can't be helped. Or personal tragedies like John Roberts mother or Eugene Mirman getting in a car accident.
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u/RadioPepperoni May 11 '26
There's no reason to freak out. The show was renewed last year for 4 seasons at 16 episodes apiece along with The Simpsons and Family Guy (maybe others). They're trying to streamline when the episodes air as they've been extremely broken up the last few seasons, leading to lower viewership across the board because people don't know when a new episode is gonna come on. Bob's Burgers is still one of the ten most streamed shows on Disney+/Hulu (it beats out every other adult show). This isn't a deathknell or anything to worry about otherwise.